WHAT DO YOU THINK OF OUR CHRISTMAS SET?
ARE YOU ENJOYING, ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS?
>> I, I, YEAH, THAT'S NICE.
>> James: YEAH.
>> HE'S NICE.
>> I THINK YOU DID IT, MAN.
>> James: YOU THINK WE'VE DONE IT.
>> I THINK WE CAN STOP NOW.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> James: NOW YOU BOTH COME FROM LARGE IRISH CATHOLIC
FAMILIES.
>> WHAT WAS CHRISTMAS LIKE IN YOUR HOUSE?
>> WELL, IT COULD NEVER LIVE UP TO THE HYPE.
>> James: REALLY.
>> I AM AFRAID.
YEAH, KIDS, WE HAD SEVEN KIDS.
>> THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS.
>> HOW ABOUT YOUNESS WE HAD FOUR, WHICH IS NOTHING COMPARED
TO YOU.
MY PARENTS, MY DAD WAS 14 KIDS AND MY MOM WAS TEN KIDS.
>> WOW.
>> I KNOW.
>> SO SEVEN KIDS AND IT WAS A BIG, HUGE, MASSIVE DEAL,
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS NOTHING, ZERO.
AND CHRISTMAS WAS-- CHRISTMAS MORNING WAS EVERYTHING.
AND ALL THOSE PRESENTS WHICH EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE FINANCIAL
HARDSHIPS, SHOW THE TREE WAS JUST SURROUNDED.
AND CONSUMED BY ALL THESE PRESENTS.
AND EVERYBODY GOT UP AT LIKE 5:30.
AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED, ALL OF US KIDS.
AND WE WOULD TEAR THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF.
AN THEN, WHAT ELSE, DO YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE AFTER THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING, YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO DO.
LIFE IS OVER.
YOU GOT ALL YOUR PRESENTS, IF YOU GOT SOMETHING GREAT, WELL,
THAT'S GREAT, RIGHT.
BUT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE EATING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COOKIES FOR
THE YEAR IN ONE MORNING.
>> YEAH.
THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS WITH MY KIDS, I HAVE TWO KIDS, EVEN WHEN
THEIR COUSINS CAME OVER, THEY TEAR THROUGH THE PRESENTS AND
THAT'S THING OF LIKE-- 30 SECONDS OF JOY, WELL, IT'S OVER,
NO NOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
>> PLAY WITH THE TOY.
>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE VERY CLEVER.
WE CELEBRATED HANNAH KAW AND COUNTRIES-- HANUKKAH AND
CHRISTMAS MY WIFE AND I WITH MY KIDS, IT BECAME A THING LIKE WE
DID THISSING WRO.
THESE KIDS, WE ARE LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT EVERY DAY FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL GET THREE THINGS.
AND.
>> James: WHAT WAS CHRISTMAS LIKE IN THE O'LEARY HOUSEHOLD.
>> SO LISTEN, WE LIVED, ALL MY AMERICAN COUSINS, WE ALL LIVED
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, SAME IRISH CATHOLIC SCHOOL, SO
CHRISTMAS, AND WE LIVED IN APARTMENTS IN THREE DECKERS.
WE LIVED IN A TWO AND A HALF DECKER, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
WE WERE POORER THAN THE OTHER LEARY.
>> WHERE WAS THE HALF, UP OR DOWN.
>> AN ATIQ WHICH MY BROTHER AND I LIVED IN WHICH WAS GREAT
BECAUSE WE WERE SEPARATED FROM OUR PARENTS.
THEY NEVER WANTED TO RUN ALL THE WAY UP AND HIT US, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN.
SO THEY WERE THREATEN, YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT COMING UP.
BUT WHEN YOU CAME DOWN CHRISTMAS MORNING, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY
TARTED THIS TRADITION.
BUT SANTA'S PRESENTS YOU ONLY GOT ONE BIG PRESENT FROM SANTA
AND THEY WEREN'T WRAPPED SO WHEN YOU WERE COMING OUT OF THE ATTIC
LIKE A BAT DOWN THE STAIRS, WOULD YOU SEE LIKE THE BIG
PRESENTS LIKE THROUGH THE DOORWAY, RIGHT.
SO.
>> THERE WAS A SHOW CALLED THE RIFLEMAN, REMEMBER THAT, A
WESTERN SHOW THAT WAS ON IN THE AMERICA IN THE '60S.
HE WAS THE COOLEST GUY.
AND HE HAD THIS RIFLE, REMEMBER THE RIFLE.
>> I DO REMEMBER, YES.
>> COULD YOU GET IT.
>> YEAH, THE RIFLE, WE FIRE LIKE THIS, HE WOULD JUST FIRE OVER AN
OVER.
SO ONE YEAR LIKE 1965 I WANTED IT JRS SOMEONE IS WATCHING WITH
THE SOUND OFF, THIS IS A VERY.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT, YEAH.
SO THEY WERE ADVERTISING FOR MONTHS ON TELEVISION THAT YOU
CAN GET YOUR OWN.
>> I REMEMBER.
>> REMEMBER THIS.
>> AND IT FIRED THREE PLASTIC BULLETS LIKE REALLY HARD
BULLETS.
I GOT TO GET IT.
THAT IS WHAT I ASKED SANTA CLAUSE FOR.
I COME DOWN THAT ONE CHRISTMAS MORNING AND THERE IT IS.
SO MY SISTER HAS A DOLL, MY BROTHER SOMETHING ELSE, MY OTHER
SISTER ISN'T BORN YET, JUST THE THREE OF US.
I RUN OVER, TAKE IT OUT THE PACKAGE, GET THE FIRS PLASTIC
BULLET AND GO LIKE THIS AND THAT AND SHOOTS MY SISTER IN THE EYE,
SHE STARTS CRYING, SHE ACTS LIKE SHE IS BLIND, WHICH SHE WASN'T.
SO THEY TAKE IT AWAY AND I NEVER SEE IT AGAIN.
SO THE GREATEST MOMENT OF, I GOT T WATCH THIS, KACLANG, BANG,
IT'S OVER.
>> I GOT A BETTER PRESENT STORY THAN, THAT I GOT A LITTLE TOY
BOAT WITH A LITTLE MOTOR.
AND WE WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE GOLF COURSE POND.
AND RICKY, ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS THERE HI, RICKY IF YOU ARE
WATCHING, AND I TURNED IT ON AND LET IT GO FOR ITS MADE ENVOY AGE
AND HE PICKED UP A DEAD FISH AND THREW IT A HAIL MARY AND IT HITS
THE BOAT.
>> DID IT REALLY.
>> GONE.
>> WOW.
>> I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
>> WHAT BAISM HIM WHACK IS HE, A QUARTERBACK?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> OH MY GOD.